BEATRICE - December 19 -- The November unemployment statistics released by the state Labor Department Friday contained both good and bad news for Beatrice.
The good news, that Beatrice’s unemployment rated dropped to 5.7 percent in November, was followed by the realization the city still has the state’s highest unemployment rate. The unemployment rate in Beatrice for October was 6.1 percent.
And things could be getting even better.
Officials with Husqvarna Turf Care in Beatrice said the company has hired 60 people since November and needs to hire 100 more to make lawn mowers and turf care equipment.
Husqvarna is the world’s largest producer of lawn mowers, chain saws and portable petrol-powered garden equipment.
Charlie Rogers, vice president of operations, said people from 40 or 50 miles away are coming through the door with applications.
Nebraska’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.5 percent in November, the state Labor Department said Friday.
That’s a decline of four-tenths of a point from 4.9 percent in October, the department said.
Husqvarna officials insist that the latest round of hiring is not just for seasonal equipment.
“Most of this is new demand,” Rogers said. “We kind of set a flat target last year for manufacturing. Now it’s growing.
“We didn’t do any mass layoffs last year or anything. We’re trying to increase our production. Basically all of our lines, there’s a real influx of orders coming in,” Rogers said.
There were about 200 people working at the Husqvarna plant in Beatrice before the new hiring started, Rogers said.
The plant makes a variety of mowers, zero-turn radios mowers, and specialty equipment like sod cutters and aerators.
Demand is coming from “all over,” Rogers said, overseas and domestic.
The good news, that Beatrice’s unemployment rated dropped to 5.7 percent in November, was followed by the realization the city still has the state’s highest unemployment rate. The unemployment rate in Beatrice for October was 6.1 percent.
And things could be getting even better.
Officials with Husqvarna Turf Care in Beatrice said the company has hired 60 people since November and needs to hire 100 more to make lawn mowers and turf care equipment.
Husqvarna is the world’s largest producer of lawn mowers, chain saws and portable petrol-powered garden equipment.
Charlie Rogers, vice president of operations, said people from 40 or 50 miles away are coming through the door with applications.
Nebraska’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.5 percent in November, the state Labor Department said Friday.
That’s a decline of four-tenths of a point from 4.9 percent in October, the department said.
Husqvarna officials insist that the latest round of hiring is not just for seasonal equipment.
“Most of this is new demand,” Rogers said. “We kind of set a flat target last year for manufacturing. Now it’s growing.
“We didn’t do any mass layoffs last year or anything. We’re trying to increase our production. Basically all of our lines, there’s a real influx of orders coming in,” Rogers said.
There were about 200 people working at the Husqvarna plant in Beatrice before the new hiring started, Rogers said.
The plant makes a variety of mowers, zero-turn radios mowers, and specialty equipment like sod cutters and aerators.
Demand is coming from “all over,” Rogers said, overseas and domestic.
The national unemployment rate also dropped last month, to 10 percent from 10.2 percent in October.
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